Cross-border missile strike claims 2 lives

ASADABAD (PAN): Two worshippers have been killed in a cross-border missile attack on the Dangam district of eastern Kunar province, the police chief said on Wednesday.

Brig. Gen. Abdul Haseeb Syedkhel said one of missiles hit a mosque in the district last night, killing two people. The mosque was also damaged as a result of the missile hit.

Elsewhere in the province, a child was killed and four others were injured by a Taliban-fired mortar shell in Sarkano district. The injured were under medical care at a local hospital, Syedkhel added.

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